ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION launch a resounding success

It was at the company’s Print Technology Centre in Offenbach, Germany, where ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION was unveiled to much wide acclaim. With its sleek and futuristic new look, the state-of-the-art EVOLUTION incorporates a raft of technological developments, the company says will give printers unprecedented levels of efficiency, productivity, operation and quality. The event drew delegates from as far as USA, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Canada and the UK, together with most European countries.

Demand was so strong that the event had to be extended from one to two days. Even then applications to attend had to be closed with many interested parties disappointed. The company plans to run a series of seminars to show the new press early next year.

Gerhard Aichhorn, managing director of Samson Druck GmbH owner of the first ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION with Rafael Penuela, CEO Manroland Sheetfed GmbH.The EVOLUTION’s first pilot customer, Gerhard Aichhorn, owner and managing director of a leading Austrian print house, Samson Druck, gave guests a first-hand account of the new press – “I have been a Manroland customer since 1992 for very good reasons. I have come to rely on their capability and do trust their tradition. This modern new interface is very intuitive for our printers and giving us excellent production.” Rafael Peñuela, Manroland Sheetfed group’s CEO, said that despite the old company’s troubles in 2011, the new Manroland Sheetfed had been (albeit modestly) profitable in every year since and placed the new press firmly in the context of the company’s tradition of industryleading technology. “Manroland has been known for its legendary technological development, from the first rapid press Albatross in 1875 to the launch of Direct Drive technology in 2007. Today I am proud to present another milestone in our long tradition of technological progress in the printing industry – the ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION,” he added.

Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a leading German producer of sheetfed offset litho printing presses. Founded in 1871, the company is one of the oldest producers of printing presses in the world. Today the company has its own subsidiaries in over 40 countries and is a global watchword for supreme quality and reliability. Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of the privately owned UK engineering group, Langley Holdings plc.